Three Days in April changed the United States of America forever – Specifically, April 11th, 12th and 13h, 1861. In December 1860, a little more than a month after Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States, South Carolina voted to secede from the Union. Six more States of the Deep South followed suit, A new Capitol for a new Nation was chosen at Montgomery, Alabama. A new President was selected for what would become the Confederate States of America. Forts and Arsenals across the South changed hands, There were a few exceptions. On February 5, 1861, word came from the Buchanan Administration that Fort Sumter will not be surrendered. Sumter stood alone in the middle of Charleston Harbor overlooking all commercial shipping in and out... FORT SUMTER - THREE DAYS IN APRIL includes, stories, letters and dispatches as well as an Appendix that includes a listing of all members of the Fort Sumter Garrison.